“In our efforts to develop better cancer therapies, this new analysis of the proteins driving tumor growth is the next step after cancer genome sequencing,” said senior author Li Ding, PhD, the David English Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Washington University. “Through our past work sequencing the genomes of cancer cells, we identified almost… Read More »
Fatty Liver Promotes Colorectal Cancer Spread
“Currently 25% to 30% of U.S. adults are obese, making it likely that they also have fatty liver,” said Ekihiro Seki, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Cedars-Sinai and senior author of the study. “Our study found that fatty liver cells secrete sacs of and genetic material that promote the spread of… Read More »
